TDGE 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Peter Weller, The Public Theater, American Literature
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Watch first thirty minutes of the movie. Was a theater production full length. Certain style, creepy, does things with the body. William did something bad high or drunk with his drunk. Put apple on the son"s head bow and arrow shoot at it. Ran from the law two years of sentencing. Wife joan gets high from the pesticide. Believes that he is part of the cia (spy group) Tell him that he is trying to kill his wife. Part of the movie not part of the book. Disconnected vignette scenes written on heroine fantasies. Respectful attempt at capturing the spirit of the book. Stage version captured literary quality of the book. Equity of the actors doing the roles of hallucinations. Movie is more cruel john is shot. Central focus of the book avatar of the surrogate. Morally off the rails unsavory drugs. Seattle is a new place for musical. Woodstock time tower woodstock festival.
